Real Time Plans

Planning documents are often static, assumed to be accurate for many years into the future. However, situations can change rapidly with uncertain conditions, rendering some plan elements unusable. Though legal requirements may require a plan to be produced, there is space to provide an improved version, one that builds in trends on the horizon, changes likely to come in the future, and methods to communicate meaningfully with the public. Real Time Plans establishes the underlying decision-making structure, its components, and variables subject to change, enabling analysis to be rerun as periodically as needed. It helps organizations identify "disruptors" and how to best respond given a range of future events, so that the organization becomes more resilient, dynamic, and adaptive over time.